As I travel the country, I often have a multitude of young and mid-career professionals approach me and ask how I became a chief at such a young age. They are naturally focused on achieving success and, in our society, success is measured by what we achieve. Psychologists and sociologists have...

Psychologists define motivation as wanting a change in behavior, thought, feeling, self-concept, environment, or relationship. It is described as an internal process defined as a drive or need. While I concur with all of that, the problem with motivation in leadership is that we think if we are...

As horrendous and horrific as George Floyd was, the Tyre Nichols case is far worse. The reasons are many and in this blog I will address the many reasons why and how we as law enforcement professionals and a society can move forward. 

Race was presumed to be the underlying issue in the...